Well for me, I wouldn' t have hesitated with a 60 yard open shot on a bull elk, once the rangefinder said so....the difference for me is a whitetail has roughly a 6" kill zone, a bull elk has one almost the size of a garbage can lid....I was 12 ringing a McKenzie out to 75 yards but stopped with a 60 yard pin on my bow when I went out. I was shooting around 80ftlbs of KE with fixed blade Muzzy' s....that wouldn' t have been a problem....this is one' s man opinion and with all the practice, shooting, 3Ding...etc....I was 100% confident in the shot....that makes all the difference in the world....the bow was ready, the shooter was ready and I took my bull at 33 yards.